1£4 Ancient documents engraved on copper in possessio?i [No. SO. 



Parliament, called Taliyatiris. There is still a temple Srin- 

 gapuram , near the Cshatria palace of Codungalur. Chingapura 

 is perhaps a tadbhavam or corruption of Sringapuram (not of 



Simhapuram) 



8. Iravi Corttan's inheritance goes to his sons. The Ma- 

 li omeclan settlers of a later period had to adopt the custom of 

 the country, that of making their nephews their heirs. Proba- 

 bly this custom would not have prevailed with the Mahome- 

 dans, had not the example been first set by their chief family, 

 who could have submitted to it only for commensurate ad- 

 vantages. 



9. Panniyur ["boar's village" from the Varahawatara worship] 

 and Chowaram [Siva-puram] are the two Brahmin colonies 

 which give name to the present faint distinction of Veishnawas 

 and Sheivas. Every Brahmin or other high caste man is 

 known to belong either to the Panniyur curuor Chowaran curu, 

 though few are acquainted with the points that distinguish the 

 one from the other [except it relate to the different modes of 

 dressing victuals.] 



10. Venadu is Travancore. Onadu [here Odunadu] the 

 neighbouring province with the capital Cayanculam. — Er&~ 

 nadu is the original province of the Tamutiri or Samorin and 

 his neighbours were the 'Arngottu dynasty in Walluwa nadu, 

 with theOlympia of old Kerala, the temple of Tirunavai, on 

 an island on the Ponani river. The two latter are always 

 mentioned together. In the Ker. Ulp. the last Perumal gives 

 to the one (Eradi) his sword, to the other (Vallodi i.e. Vallu- 

 wa-adi) his shield and orders them to live always in peace with '' 

 each other, a command which the Samorin soon broke by sup- 

 planting the Valiuwa ruler in the right of superintending the 

 great national feast [Mahamakham] at Tirunavai — That whole 

 part of the Ker. Ulp. in which the present dynasties of Ma- 

 layalam are represented as dating their origin from the last 



